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20190625
Important:
Important Notice: CMOMM and MMRG Blog A New Initiative
To heighten awareness of the extensive work of CMOMM and the MMRG over the past years, thanks to forum owner Jill Havern's commitment, hard work and talent for design, a new initiative has today been launched in the form of a blog.

Initially built on the latest CMOMM forum addition, the MMRG forum, the new blog is to provide a 'straight- to' comprehensive information source, presented in a format designed to facilitate direct and easy access to forum research.

The admin team hope you will find this a useful tool and that you enjoy the new venture. It is after all for you

by Verdi - Comments: 14 - Views: 2547
20190429
Important:
Madeleine McCann Research Group (MMRG) Mission Statement

In this section of CMOMM, we present the research work of the Madeleine McCann Research group (MMRG) launched today on, what many of us believe is, the real 12th anniversary of Madeleine's...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 1 - Views: 3628

Topics

20200117

Tigger: Photographs In Perspective
Tigger is a CMOMM forum member, although this was posted on her own blog..

Monday, 1 August 2016

PHOTOGRAPHS IN PERSPECTIVE

Millions of words have been written about photoshopped images of Madeleine McCann, but here we leave photoshopping aside. This post will be about simple questions arising from the photographs released. The description of Madeleine given to the police is of interest here for purposes of comparing photographs with the actual information given to the Police. 1)

The ‘First’ photo:

by Verdi - Comments: 2 - Views: 695
20200102

The McCanns: The Sound of Silence
January 02, 2020

The Sound of Silence

Sometimes it is what is not said that is more powerful than what is shouted from the rooftops.

I think this can certainly be said to the McCann’s stunning silence concerning the offer of Dr Mark Perlin, CEO of leading forensics firm Cybergenetics to re-analyze...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 2 - Views: 1226
20180817

Sasha Morsel: What happened to Gerry's blue tennis bag?
What happened to Gerry McCann's blue tennis bag?

Eddie signals the wardrobe where the blue tennis bag was stored
By Sasha,

by Jill Havern - Comments: 6 - Views: 5804
20200105

Greg Jones: The Missing Link
January 04, 2020
The Missing Link

(This is a First Draft/Appetizer of what is intended to be a more comprehensive post on this topic)

Of the many mysteries that have perplexed people over the last 12 years over the McCann case perhaps the most intriguing of all is how did a bunch of unexceptional...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 0 - Views: 357
20200105

Joane Morais: The many victims of the McCann Media Campaign
The many victims of the McCann Media Campaign

by Joana Morais 10 years ago

McCanns Photo shoot with the twins,2007

Since 2007, May 3rd the McCann couple, their family, their lawyers and their media spinners have entered in our TV’s, in our newspapers, in our houses.

I am not going to dwell much on the perversity...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 227
20191217

The Abuse of Power Blog: Ann Widdecombe: Kate and Gerry McCann 'Have I got news for you!'
Ann Widdecombe: Kate and Gerry McCann 'Have I got news for you!'

KATE MCCANN CRITICISES THERESA MAY

DISTRESSED: Kate McCann has criticised the Home Secretary

Wednesday November 10,2010
By Ann Widdecombe

KATE McCann accuses Theresa May of doing too little to find her missing daughter. Her emotion is understandable but her attack on the Home Secretary is misplaced.

by Verdi - Comments: 4 - Views: 584
20191217

Deconstructing the Madeleine McCann Story
17th January 2018

by Peter Cullen

Introduction

This is the first in a planned series of articles that will deconstruct the Madeleine McCann story. The study of this story has traditionally been undertaken by those trying to solve the mystery of what happened to Madeleine? I am offering something different, a textual study that will investigate the story of Madeleine McCann as a work of allusion and intertext.

“Intertext – a text that is related to one or more other texts through the use of allusions to these texts.”

Too often individual allusions...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 3 - Views: 388
20190809

Tabloid Century: The Popular Press in Britain, 1896 to the Present
Tabloid Century: The Popular Press in Britain, 1896 to the Present

Popular newspapers in Britain are commonly criticised for providing unsophisticated, distasteful and intrusive journalism, driven by an aggressive pursuit of exclusives and an unscrupulous desire for profit. The revelation that the News of the World hacked the phones of individuals including murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler (a revelation that prompting the closure of the newspaper in July 2011) is an example which helps to explain why attitudes towards tabloids...

by Verdi - Comments: 1 - Views: 1783
20191128

Joane Morais: Stop the Printing Press!
Stop the Printing Press! The Express Exclusively Presents (for the millionth time) Maddie McCann Case: The Re-Opening

by Joana Morais 9 years ago

Theresa May [or may not....] adventures in the McCann World

Another spoof article by the Express churnalist James Murray

HOME Secretary Theresa May has asked to meet Kate and Gerry McCann, signalling...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 686
20191101

Joana Morais: Madeleine Case - Pact of Silence
Madeleine Case: Pact of Silence

by Joana Morais 12 years ago

“We have a pact. This is our matter only. It is nobody else’s business”, says David Payne.

Published in Sol, on June 30, 2007
by Felícia Cabrita and Margarida Davim

Madeleine’s parents and the friends with whom they spent their holidays in Praia da Luz are suspects in the inquiry. There are contradictory versions about the night of the kidnapping, and an assumed pact of silence in the group.

The beginning of June is flowing...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 945
20191001

Craig Murray: An Unpopular Article
An Unpopular Article

1 Oct, 2019 in Uncategorized by craig

This article is probably unpopular. The point of this blog is not to make you agree, but to make you think; if I did not express views which are not the view of the majority, there would be no point in writing at all. This is not an applause seeking echo chamber of popular sentiment.

Boris Johnson has no more ardent political opponent than I. But some of the hysteria about him is overblown.

As a teenage delegate to a Liberal Party conference...

by Verdi - Comments: 9 - Views: 1604
20191013

Anna Andress: Russell O'Brien was allowed to refer to Jane Tanner's statements before he was questioned.
Russell O'Brien was allowed to refer to Jane Tanner's statements before he was questioned.

SOS Madeleine McCann 4/08/08

The Maddie investigation: O'Brien was questioned after having referred to Tanner's statements.

At the time of his interview, in April 2008, Russell James O'Brien was able to refer to the report of his partner Jane Tanner's statements in order to respond to questions from Andrew Gierc, a Leicestershire police officer, about the events that surrounded Madeleine McCann's disappearance.

by Verdi - Comments: 2 - Views: 1593
20191008

Andrew Oxlade: My experience of Maddie's resort in Praia de Luz, the Algarve
09 May 2007 1:32 PM

My experience of Maddie's resort in Praia de Luz, the Algarve

I need to break from the usual financial slant of posts on this blog. I'm sure you'll understand as I thing's it's important to give my views on this...

My family and I returned last week relaxed from a holiday at the sleepy end of Portugal’s Algarve. We were, however, stunned to wake on Friday morning, days after we returned, to hear news that a girl, three-year-old Madeleine McCann, had gone missing from the same complex,...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 1268
20190531

Craig Murray: Clement Freud, My Part in his Downfall
Clement Freud, My Part in his Downfall

14 Jun, 2016 in Uncategorized by craig

Commenters on this blog directly caused the exposure of Clement Freud in the ITV story. I published an anodyne obituary in 2009 giving my memories of Freud. One commenter wrote:

He was a notorious old goat and his pursuit of young women could verge on the sinister. I met one of his young ‘victims’ who told me about a job interview with him turning into a very traumatic experience.

And a second wrote the startling

by Verdi - Comments: 3 - Views: 3079
20191003

Joana Morais: Furious McCanns & Clarence 'spinner' Mitchell Threat Gonçalo Amaral .... Again
Furious McCanns & Clarence 'spinner' Mitchell Threat Gonçalo Amaral .... Again

by Joana Morais 11 years ago

Gerry McCann buried Madeleine's body on the beach, Portuguese detective says

The Portuguese detective who was sacked [not sacked, but retired] as head of the team investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has accused her father of burying her body on the beach near their holiday apartment the same night that she was reported missing.

Kate and Gerry McCann...

by Verdi - Comments: 2 - Views: 1185
20190917

l-azzeri-lies-in-the-sun: Hand-Me- Down?
Rue the day the inimitable lazzeri ever threw in the towel.

I have to agree..

Hand-Me- Down?

I read today an article by Dr Martin Roberts - A Nightwear Job.

Admittedly I read it, and then thought 'I'll have to read that again' to be sure I was taking on board what he is saying/suggesting. And I will indeed do that as soon as.

I have always thought his articles insightful, though on an odd occasion, I was left not quite knowing what he was getting at, or that it was just a tad off...

by Verdi - Comments: 2 - Views: 1460
20190906

Joana Morais: Political Influence Demands an Inquiry
Maddie Case: “Political Influence demands an Inquiry”

by Joana Morais 9 years ago

The G9 or as the media named them, the Tapas Nine

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 1489
20190826

Joana Morais: Carlos Anjos 'I believe that there is clearly an attempt to exonerate the couple'
Carlos Anjos: 'I believe that there is clearly an attempt to exonerate the couple'

by Joana Morais 3 years ago

by Verdi - Comments: 1 - Views: 1800
20190812

Eumenides: Blue Bag Blues
Monday, 12 August 2019

BLUE BAG BLUES

(More accurately titled: The blue bag, the dogs, a freezer and the cot that wasn’t there on Tuesday night).

The bag:

The blue bag problem:
23/12/07( mccannfiles.com) It is revealed that police want to trace a blue tennis bag allegedly taken...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 8 - Views: 2773
20190902

Joana Morais: Exclusive Video - McCanns Press Conference
Exclusive Video: McCanns Press Conference

by Joana Morais 10 years ago

The following video was recorded by a journalist, the only journalist who dared ask the McCann couple tough questions. You may have seen some of the footage broadcast on your own countries'...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2110
20190829

Hobs: Ponderings On Those Famous Pajamas And That Stain
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Ponderings On Those Famous Pajamas And That Stain

Something...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 1636
20190805

Joana Morais: Gerry McCann Oral Evidence
Gerry McCann Oral Evidence: The Transcript
by Joana Morais 10 years ago
UNCORRECTED TRANSCRIPT OF ORAL EVIDENCE To be published as HC 275-iii

Tuesday 10 March 2009

MR GERRY McCANN, MR CLARENCE MITCHELL and MR ADAM TUDOR

Evidence heard in Public Questions 168 - 226

USE OF THE TRANSCRIPT

1.This is an uncorrected transcript of evidence taken in public and reported to the House. The transcript has been placed on the internet on the authority of the Committee, and copies have been made available by the Vote Office for the use...

by Verdi - Comments: 1 - Views: 1844
20190804

Joana Morais: Kate McCann Blog Entry
Kate McCann Blog Entry

by Joana Morais 10 years ago

Court...

by Verdi - Comments: 2 - Views: 2077
20190803

The Cadaver Dog Network: Bringing closure to the families and cases

Gerry and Kate’s reaction to sniffer dogs hitting on McCann holiday apartment and rental car ‘didn’t make sense’
admin March 19, 2017

The footage of sniffer dogs searching the McCann’s holiday apartment and rental car was one of the most jarring moments to emerge from the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine.

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2092
20190725

Mick Hume: The increasingly strange case of Madeleine McCann
Mick Hume (born 1959) is a British journalist and author whose writing focuses on issues of free speech and freedom of the press. Hume was a columnist for The Times for 10 years from 1999, and was described as "Britain's only libertarian Marxist newspaper columnist".
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Published 15th August 2007

The increasingly strange case of Madeleine McCann

The global crusade around missing Maddie seems more and more detached...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2494
20190701

Carter-Ruck blog: THE LEVESON INQUIRY – VICTIMS OF THE MEDIA TURN THE TABLES ON THE PRESS
Posted on 27 November 2011 by Carter-Ruck

The Leveson Inquiry has been making headline news on an almost daily basis since it began to hear the evidence of a number of victims of the media. While the Inquiry was largely prompted by the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, it is considering evidence on far wider issues of press conduct, of which the testimony of Kate and Gerry McCann has proven a powerful example.

After their daughter Madeleine was abducted in the...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 6 - Views: 2508
20190707

Chris's Blog: Disliking the McCanns by Anne Enright
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Disliking the McCanns
by Anne Enright

London Review of Books

It is very difficult to kill a child by giving it sedatives, even if killing it is what you might want to do. I asked a doctor about this, one who is also a mother. It was a casual, not a professional conversation, but like every other parent in the Western world, she had thought the whole business through. She said that most of the sedatives used on children are over-the-counter antihistamines, like the travel sickness pills that knocked me and my daughter out on an overnight...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2357
20190612

PJGA blogspot: Projecto Justiça Gonçalo Amaral
Projecto Justiça Gonçalo Amaral

Thank you for all the support I have received, from all those that believe in justice and in truth, without which it would have been impossible for me to fight this lawsuit.

26 Apr 2016
Statement

Projecto Justiça Gonçalo Amaral (PJGA) was set up by a group of his friends on 1 November, 2009, in response to the decision by Gerry & Kate McCann...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2668
20190612

Joana Morais: The McCanns' Injunction: Quotes by the Defence Lawyers
The McCanns' Injunction: Quotes by the Defence Lawyers
by Joana Morais 9 years ago

The following quotes come from notes taken in loco [on spot] at the 7th Civil Court, at Palace of Justice in Lisbon, on the day when the closing arguments were presented by the defence lawyers of the four entities targeted in this case and by the McCanns layer. The order of publication of the said quotes follows the order in which they were presented in court, firstly Dr. António Cabrita for Dr. Gonçalo Amaral’s defence, after Drª. Fátima de Oliveira Esteves on behalf of the Book publisher's...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2592
20190610

AlJazeera Documentary: The McCanns Versus the Media
AlJazeera Documentary: The McCanns Versus the Media
by Joana Morais 11 years ago

A special programme from AlJazeera English examining why the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann turned into one of the biggest media events in the world. Broadcasted...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 0 - Views: 2660
20190610

Gonçalo Amaral: "The McCanns knew that I was going to catch them"
The McCanns knew that I was going to catch them - TvGuia
by astro 11 years ago

Moita Flores interviews Gonçalo Amaral

TvGuia invited me to interview my former companion in the PJ, and former coordinator of the Maddie case.

He tells why he was the target of...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 0 - Views: 3969
20190610

Shadplay Blog: Tapas Nine and their lies
Monday, November 1, 2010
Tapas Nine and their lies
They lied when saying they went to the Millenium the first night because the' Tapas' was closed ( Millenium was part of their 'half board' package deal)

"They lied about the checks (every hour then when that wasn’t received well ever half hour)They lied that they were performing the checks themselves (then it became known other men in the group were also checking on the McCann kids)

They lied even after that in the TV interview when Kate says she discovered Madeleine gone ‘on one of my checks’ – it was the only check...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2662
20190610

Hobs: Quote from kate mcCann, from the Jon Corner interview of August 2007. "There's not a textbook about it is there, "What to do when your daughter gets abducted'...?"

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Quote from kate mcCann, from the Jon Corner interview of August 2007. "There's not a textbook about it is there, "What to do when your daughter gets abducted'...?"
There may not be a book with that title, there are however, decades of statements, reports, interviews and books written by the parents of missing loved ones that tell us exactly how innocent parents behave and speak...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2933
20190603

Eumenides: Visit to Praia da Luz
Thursday, 19 May 2016

VISIT TO PRAIA DA LUZ

Part one of three posted on CMOMM member tigger's blog:

1.Visit to Praia da Luz
2. Smiths, Exton, SY and the e-fits
3. Ask the dogs....

by Jill Havern - Comments: 0 - Views: 2826
20190531

Joana Morais: Freedom of Information Act on John Buck former Ambassador
McCann Case: Freedom of Information Act on John Buck former Ambassador

by Joana Morais 10 years ago

It was Tony Blair and Gordon Brown who were behind the instructions given to the UK ambassador, John Buck, and to the British consul, Bill Henderson (the two senior UK diplomats in Portugal at the time she disappeared), to make sure Gerry and Kate McCann were given all possible assistance.

A few minutes after the return to Faro of the team of experts that the PJ had sent to Leicester, Her Majesty's British...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2826
20190530

Chris Freind, US journalist writes about the Madeleine McCann case

CHRIS FREIND US Journalist

MADELEINE MCCANN’S PARENTS: THE REAL ROYAL COUPLE?
Four years after a British girl disappeared, there are more questions than answers

Posted on 5/10/2011 at 9:21AM

April was a busy time for the Royal Couple.

Preparations had been underway for months to deal with all the publicity that was sure to come. Facebook pages were established, marketing...

by Jill Havern - Comments: 3 - Views: 3253
20190529

THE McCANN'S WAR ON AMAZON
Having just returned from a lengthy holiday, it appears that the book by Paulo Reis is no longer available on any Amazon site. Has this been mentioned in previous topics (I couldn't see any), and if not, is there a valid reason why it apparently has disappeared? I originally purchased the book but it does not open up fully. Can any member assist?

by intimacyandjoy - Comments: 4 - Views: 2983
20190523

Joana Morais: Rua Segura: Maddie Case
Welcome home Joana 'xklamation' Morais

Rua Segura: Maddie Case

by Joana Morais 14 days ago

Transcript

Magali Pinto (Rua Segura's Anchor in the studio) - A new lead and a new suspect which the Judiciary Police (PJ) are trying to keep under the utmost secrecy have lead for more...

by Verdi - Comments: 3 - Views: 3058
20190523

Joana Morais: "Maddie", from the absolute mystery to a documentary fever
"Maddie", from the absolute mystery to a documentary fever

by Joana Morais 16 days ago

By Cynthia de Benito

No one knows, everyone speculates. Twelve years after the British girl Madeleine McCann vanished in the south of Portugal, the case resurrects for the umpteenth time in several documentaries that, in the absence of answers, obsessively review the...

by Verdi - Comments: 1 - Views: 3055
20190523

Joana Morais: Brian Kennedy No Longer Paying for the Maddie Campaign
Brian Kennedy No Longer Paying for the Maddie Campaign

by Joana Morais 10 years ago

The McCanns spokesman assumes that crises has arrived to the Fund

The man who paid Clarence Mitchell, Método 3 and who kept running a real media machine ...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 2905
20190518

Joana Morais: PJ confirms that the investigation into the Maddie case is "still open"
PJ confirms that the investigation into the Maddie case is "still open"

by Joana Morais 15 days ago

The clarification of the Judiciary Police comes as a reaction after news were "made public" this Friday and following the "numerous requests" that the authorities are receiving.

The Judiciary Police confirms that the disappearance of Maddie McCann...

by Verdi - Comments: 1 - Views: 321
20190516

Good Quality Wristbands Blog
Saturday, 3 April 2010

A Blight On Humanity: Gerry McCann

The result of a much needed and long overdue throw out of all the rubbish I have saved over the months is a pot pourri of bits and bobs that would be better for being aired rather than being hidden away and forgotten.

As with many things that cross our path, particularly when times are hectic and there is lots happening all around, I think we tend to miss much, and it is only in retrospect that we can fully appreciate the content and the implications...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 240
20190501

Joana Morais: Correio da Manhã Interview with Gonçalo Amaral
Interview with Gonçalo Amaral: Cadaver was frozen or kept in the cold

by Joana Morais 11 years ago

Exclusive Interview with Gonçalo Amaral: Cadaver was frozen or was kept in the cold

Gonçalo Amaral regrets that a 'fact-finding inquiry (sindicância) to the investigation was done". In the first interview where he talks about the process, he defends that Maddie died at the Ocean...

by Verdi - Comments: 1 - Views: 437
20190415

Winnower Blog: He has 3-hour boozy lunches, works only four hours a day and has openly accused Kate & Gerry of killing their daughter
He has 3-hour boozy lunches, works only four hours a day and has openly accused Kate & Gerry of killing their daughter

Winnower: 30th September 2007

He has 3-hour boozy lunches, works only four hours a day and has openly accused Kate & Gerry of killing their daughter.. this is the cop leading the hunt for Madeleine.. IT'S JUST SICKENING
30 September 2007
The Sunday Mirror
Grant Hodgson

EXCLUSIVE THE SEARCH FOR MADELEINE DAY 150

Puffing on a cigarette and knocking back beers,...

by Verdi - Comments: 1 - Views: 495
20190409

Colin Sutton: Madeleine McCann and Operation Grange
Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Madeleine McCann and Operation Grange

At the outset I should say that I don't know what happened to Madeleine McCann. All the evidence available to me – and there is more and deeper information available to the public on this than any case I have looked at – does not convince me of any theory or scenario being proved. Soon, in the coming months when my other projects are less busy, I hope to take a proper analytical look at it all and come up with some conclusions. But as things stand my position...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 767
20190409

Joana Morais: UK Tabloid News: Murder Chief for Maddie
UK Tabloid News: Murder chief for Maddie

by Unknown 9 years ago

PROBE: Det Chief Insp Colin Sutton

Top cop spearheads new probe into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

By Lucy Panton, NoW Crime Editor

BRITAIN'S top murder cop has been lined up to spearhead a new probe into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, we can reveal.

Det Chief Insp...

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 244
20190329

Len Port: Journalist

By Len Port
The following chapter is from Len Port's book "People in a Place Apart" - a book about the Algarve - and is reproduced here with kind permission of the author

Chapter Twenty-four

THE MADELEINE MYSTERY

The peaceful seaside village of Praia da Luz was the unlikely setting for what turned out to be the most reported and discussed missing person case in human history. The disappearance has also been one of the most mystifying, controversial and bitter cases of its kind in modern times. For me as a reporter it all started so quietly.

by Verdi - Comments: 0 - Views: 411
20180516

Craig Murray
Craig Murray: Historian, Former Ambassador, Human Rights Activist

Craig Murray, a voice to be reckoned with, a voice not abashed by confronting political convention nor cowered by political correctness imposed through public relations and the UK media.

A voice to be heard, not stifled by libel lawyers of ill repute or governmental mandate - a voice to be aired without constraint.

Let's give him a platform on CMoMM shall we?

by Verdi - Comments: 9 - Views: 2406
20190112

OnlyInAmerica blog: Jane Tanner Liar, Gerry McCann Liar, They Are All Liars
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

[size=18]Jane Tanner Liar, Gerry McCann Liar, They Are All Liars [/size]

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Fact: Jane Tanner became the principal and...

by Verdi - Comments: 7 - Views: 1246
20190216

l-azzeri-lies-in-the-sun: Kate McCann - Cover Ups
Kate McCann - Cover Ups

'Madeleine' by Kate McCann, written for her THREE children so that they would have 'an account' of the truth.

Been said many times, but surely there is but one TRUTH? Course there is - and IT ISN'T contained in Kate McCanns 'Madeleine' that is simply a version that Kate McCann put together for the...

by Verdi - Comments: 1 - Views: 1040